looks very nice that, santa cruz will run away with the top end market soon, theyve always made nice looking bikes, but the last 3 in the bronson, solo and now nomad are pretty stunning to look at! expensive, but stunning

also 28lbs for a 165mm, probably a touch too much for me travel wise, but doubt its a slouch climbing at that weight

I think Santa Cruz make some superb videos to promote their bikes, but I judge the intent of a bike by the trails it's being ridden on. The Bronson vid last year - with Peaty and co - was a superb pumpy, jumpy mini-downhill promotion, Ratboy's TRc vid showed that raw talent will make a relatively short-travel bike do some amazing stuff and the 5010 vid filmed up in Scotland was another great example of versatile bikes being ridden harder than the target market will ever manage. This video - promoting their supposed "big bike" - was just a fast hoon down relatively smooth trails. Why do I need 165mm for riding that?

PS At least I know why I can't drift very well; I'm not grabbing a handful of back brake like these dudes